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@@ -1,3 +1,51 @@ +Geode 2.11.14 (2012-11-25) +========================== +Better compatibility with xserver-1.13, cairo-1.12 and gtk3: + + * Fix building on Xservers without XAA (Maarten Lankhorst) + xserver-1.13 dropped XAA acceleration method, as it does not accel + anything important used on modern desktops. + The geode driver now supports configuring whether to include XAA + support - by default it is automatically disabled with newest + xservers that do not support it, but can be explicitly disabled for + older xservers as well if desired (particularly for LX deployments). + XAA support remains in place for the time being for older xservers, + as the EXA support for GX2 GPUs is of unknown quality and speed. + + * Fix building with new xserver-1.13 API (Maarten Lankhorst) + xserver-1.13 changed API, including moving various global symbols + behind function calls, to better support multiple switchable graphics + cards and hotplugged (USB) graphics cards. Work done to support both + pre-1.13 and 1.13+ APIs in other drivers is reused to bring the same + support to the Geode driver. + + * Implement solid source pictures acceleration (Mart Raudsepp) + cairo-1.12 uses these extensively for text rendering, instead of 1x1 + repeating images that cairo-1.10 used and we already accelerate. + Without acceleration, in addition to being slow, we'd hit a fallback + handling bug in EXA with xserver older than 1.13.1, which results in + very visible text corruption in many instances. + + * Handle negative srcX and srcY parameters better in EXA Composite + operations, used via the RENDER extension (Mart Raudsepp) + Handling of source picture coordinates outside actual source pixmap + area is still subpar and ignoring spec in some corner cases, but + a more specific case is improved to provide correct results in more + situations. In particular this fixes GtkTrayIcon drawing via cairo as + used by gtk3, specifically as seen in GNOME3 fallback desktop. + Previously no icon was drawn at all if the icon needed centering to the + drawing area, which in the end is achieved via a negative srcX/srcY. + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51360 + + * Fix builds for exotic and/or non-target platforms (Dave Airlie) + + * Clarify the copyright of older AMD commits (Martin-Éric Racine) + +VALIDATION PLATFORMS + * Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800. + * Debian (X server 1.12.14) on FIC ION603A. + * Fedora (X server 1.13) on OLPC XO-1. + Geode 2.11.13 (2011-12-26) ========================== This release mainly features a complete overhaul of the building scripts plus @@ -17,8 +65,8 @@ this driver. This can be used to profile the performance during development. Fixes to keep this driver compilable on recent X servers are also included. VALIDATION PLATFORMS -* Debian/stable (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800. -* Ubuntu/Precise (X server 1.10.4) on FIC ION603A. +* Debian (X server 1.7.7) on Artec DBE61 and Hercules EC-800. +* Ubuntu (X server 1.10.4) on FIC ION603A. Geode 2.11.12 (2011-02-13) ========================== @@ -26,18 +74,18 @@ This release drops the "linux/videodev.h" include in z4l.c because V4L1 support was dropped as of Linux kernel 2.6.38, and it fixes packed overlay offscreen allocations. -Geode 2.11.10 (2010-11-09) -========================== -This release migrates deprecated xalloc/xrealloc/xfree/xcalloc calls -to malloc/realloc/free/calloc, fixes several DCON-specific issues, -improves mode validation and adds support for one WXGA resolution. - Geode 2.11.11 (2010-12-27) ========================== This release restores code compatibility down to X server 1.4, it fixes compilation under 1.9.99 and newer, and it improves handling of gamma correction in video vs graphics +Geode 2.11.10 (2010-11-09) +========================== +This release migrates deprecated xalloc/xrealloc/xfree/xcalloc calls +to malloc/realloc/free/calloc, fixes several DCON-specific issues, +improves mode validation and adds support for one WXGA resolution. + Geode 2.11.9 (2010-08-23) ========================= We are pleased to announce this maintenance release of xf86-video-geode. |